Job Description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Engineering Manager to join our team. Responsibilities include:

Ensuring NPI projects are complete to time, cost, and quality targets. Industrialisation of parts to meet on-going customer demand rates, RFT, and cost targets. Continuous improvement of the engineering functions, and of production processes. Managing and assisting with projects as project lead or sponsor. Driving root cause corrective and preventative actions, and lessons learned. Liaising with machining engineering teams to ensure whole-route focus.

Responsibilities

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_ew Product Introduction (NPI):_

Lead and participate in delivering new part introduction projects. Manage introduction of parts through gated review process in line with APQP methodology. Support sales targets by ensuring timely project completion.

Industrialisation:

Ensure part processes are ready for serial production at rates required. Ensure output meets target requirements for right first time, and production costs. Capture lessons learned and ensure read across to applicable products and processes.

Scrap Reduction and Quality Control:

Identify high-scrap products and specify/drive improvement of processes to reduce waste. Liaise with Quality to address findings from scrap review meetings. Ensure processes generated by engineering include controls to ensure on-going repeatability. Lead Design for Manufacture (DFM) activities to build in quality and capability. Support FMEA activities and quality improvement initiatives.

Customer support:

Liaise directly with customers on technical discussions. Communicate throughout projects to ensure information is passed to customers in a timely manner Lead key activities such as DfM, drawing/spec reviews, change requests with customer engineering teams.

Continuous improvement:

Drive a culture of continuous improvement Lead targeted initiatives to improve key products. Drive improvement projects through use of DMAIC and Lean tools.

Experience

Degree in an engineering discipline Proven ability to lead teams within an engineering environment Strong understanding of new part introduction and industrialisation processes, including APQP and PPAP. Confident working cross-functionally with Production, Quality, Planning, and Design. Experience in NPI and process control within aerospace sectors. Good understanding of engineering controls, drawings, and specifications. Strong knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies and techniques, including six sigma, Lean and DMAIC. Strong problem-solving and communication skills Aerospace or Defence industry experience, would be desirable Experience with continuous improvement and lean manufacturing would be desirable Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems and engineering documentation control would be desirable
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 52,000.00-55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Canteen Company pension Free parking Health & wellbeing programme Life insurance On-site parking
Work Location: In person